[ale] sh archive

[Derek Atkins]

Ed,

Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> writes:

> That looks neat, but I don't have time to read it now, so I'm wondering why
> not use the existing "shar" utility.

I believe the OP wanted more than just "unpack".  The self-extracting
code provided in the other link lets you write an arbitrary
pre-install/post-install script that runs as part of the installation!
It's pretty sweet!  I've used that structure before and it's quite
powerful as a way to distribute programs.

[snip]

-derek

> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     This is what you are looking for:
>    
>     http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818
>    
>     Very slick and very, very useful.
>    
>     Self-extracting bash script.
>    
>     On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Geoffrey Myers <
>     lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>    
>         So, I'm trying to simplify an install process for a small group of
>         developers.  I want them to be able to simply run a script that
>         contains
>         the payload of software to be installed.
>        
>         I recall being able to do this with something called a shell archive?
>        
>         It must be able to do more then just populate a directory tree though.
>        
>         Any suggestions???
>        
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